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July 24, 1798	General Napoleon, invaded Egypt and captured Cairo.
August 1, 1798	Admiral Lord Nelson, destroyed French fleet off Alexandria.
October 1799	General Napoleon, returned to France from Egypt.
1805-1849	Khedive Mehemet Ali, Albanian cavalry officer ruled Egypt.
1820s	Khedive Mehemet Ali, invaded the Upper Nile Valley.
1821	Khedive Mehemet Ali, imported improved cotton varieties to Egypt.
1822-1832	Khedive Mehemet Ali, fought against Ottoman Empire.
1834	British establish steamship service to India via Suez.
1839-1841	Khedive Mehemet Ali, fought against Ottoman Empire.
1840s	German firms began operating.
1849-1854	Khedive Abbas, grandson of Mehemet Ali, ruled Egypt.
early 1850s	Khedive Abbas, improved relations between Egypt and Ottoman Empire.
1854-1863	Khedive Said, son of Mehemet Ali, ruled Egypt after Abbas' assasination.
1858	Khedive Said, committed Egyptian government to buy 45% of Suez Canal.
April 1859	Work began on the Suez Canal.
1860-1865	U. S. Civil war creates demand for Egyptian cotton.
1860s	Arab traders first reached Buganda.
1863-1869	Ferdinand de Lessups, French businessman, organized the Suez Canal construction.
1863-1879	Khedive Ismail, ruled Egypt.
1867	king of Buganda converted (at least nominally) to Islam.
November 17, 1869	Suez Canal opened.
1873	Sultan of Zanzibar Bargash, agreed to end the slave trade in his domain.
November 1875	Khedive Ismail, Egyptian government sold 176,000 Suez Canal shares to the British government.
1875-1876	Khedive Ismail, Egypt invaded Ethiopia without much success.
1876	H. M. Stanley, visited Buganda.
April 4, 1876	Stephen Cave, British financial inspector of Egyptian finances.
1876	Nile River flood failed--food shortage in Egypt
May 2, 1876	principle of dual control by France and Britain over Egyptian finances established
1877	Nile River flood failed--food shortage in Egypt
1877	Sir William Mackinnon, proposed that British assume administration of Zanzibari domain in the name of the Sultan
1877	Sultan of Zanzibar Bargash, communicated with Germans and refused British protectorate
1877	the first Anglican Church Missionary Society representatives arrived in Buganda
August 15, 1878	England and France gain cabinet seats and control over Egyptian finances
February 18, 1879	first Egyptian army mutiny
April 1879	Khedive Ismail, replaced Europeans with Egyptians in his cabinet
June 1879	Khedive Ismail was overthrown by the Egyptian army and replaced by Tewfik
1879	Catholic "White Fathers" arrived in Buganda
1879-1896	Khedive Tewfik, ruled Egypt
late 1880s	civil war in Buganda
July 17, 1880	"Law of Liquidation" reorganized Egyptian finances to pay of external debt of about œ100 million
February 1, 1881	Pasha Arabi, a nationalist leader, entered Egyptian cabinet when Khedive Ismail appointed Mahmoud Pasha Sami, an Egyptian nationalist, as prime minister.
September 9, 1881	Pasha Arabi, led the Egyptian army in a mutiny against the Khedive.
1881	France invaded Tunisia, North Africa
January 8, 1882	France and England signed a treaty--the "Joint Anglo-French note", but European diplomatic support for the agreement increased nationalist opposition to Khedive Tewfik.
February 25, 1882	Khedive Tewfik, was forced to appoint nationalists as prime minister and war minister
April 12, 1882	monarchist military conspiracy exposed and the members arrested, France and Britain send small naval squadrons to Egyptian coast
May 20, 1882	France and Britain sent small naval squadrons to Egyptian coast
May 25, 1882	British and French ultimatum forced the nationalist government to resign
June 11, 1882	Egyptians rioted and killed about 50 Europeans in Alexandria on Sunday
July 11, 1882	British bombarded Alexandria
August 1882	British military intervention began with Tewfik's consent and the British captured Suez Canal.
September 13, 1882	British defeated the Egyptian army at Tel-el-Kebir
September 15, 1882	British occupied Cairo
November 9, 1882	British abolished dual control with France
1883-1885	France occupied Madagascar (East Africa)
November 5, 1883	Mahdi, Egyptian army led by the British General Hicks was defeated at El Obeid (Sudan)
1884	Karl Peters, German explorer collected treaties in Lake Victoria region (East Africa)
1884	Kabaka Mutesa, died and replaced by Mwanga (East Africa)
January 6, 1884	General Charles Gordon, went to Khartoum to evacuate the Egyptian garrison
August 1884	A British army left Wadi Haifa to lift the siege of Khartoum
November 15, 1884	Berlin Conference opened
1885	Kabaka Mwanga, ordered the death of Anglican missionary James Hanninton and executed 30 Catholic converts (East Africa)
1885	Mahdist revolt in Sudan prevented British withdrawal from Egypt
January 26, 1885	General Charles Gordon, killed at Khartoum
February 1885	Karl Peters, returned to Berlin (East Africa)
February 1885	Opponents of imperialism began to openly challenge the prime minister in the British Parliament
February 26, 1885	The Berlin Conference ended.
March 3, 1885	Germany annexed territory in Tanganyika (East Africa)
June 21, 1885	General Kitchener, British reconquered Nile Valley from Mahdi
November 1885	Germany Britain and France create boundary commission to divide sultan's domain
1886	Joseph Chamberlain, Conservative politician ends opposition to imperialism after visiting Egypt
October 1886	France and Britain settled East African land claims (East Africa)
May 1887	Britain and Ottoman sign treaty for British withdrawal from Egypt but Sultan backs away
1888	James Hutton, prominent Manchester merchant served on first IBEAC board of directors
1888	Sir William Mackinnon became the first director of the Imperial British East Africa Company (IBEAC)
October 29, 1888	The Suez Canal Convention was signed by Turkey, Russia and various European powers. This international agrement provided for the Suez Canal to remain open to all nations in both peace and war.
1890	Karl Peters, German explorer collected treaties around Lake Victoria (East Africa)
1890	France recognized British Protectorate over Zanzibar (East Africa)
1890	IBEAC nearly bankrupt from failed plantation schemes,
1890	Frederick Lord Lugard, arrived in Buganda to extend IBEAC influence (East Africa)
1890	Britain recognized French claims in Madagascar (East Africa)
1890	Anglo-German agreement recognized German Tanganyika (East Africa)
March 18, 1890	Bismarck dismissed by Wilhelm II as German prime minister
July 1, 1890	Anglo-German Colonial Agreement (aka "The Heligoland Treaty") recognized British claim in East Africa (East Africa)
December 1890	Sir William Mackinnon, asked British government to help IBEAC construct railway to Buganda (East Africa)
July 1891	British parliament refused to support Buganda railway scheme (East Africa)
1894	British declared a protectorate over Buganda (East Africa)
1898	Mahdi, death of Mahdi ended revolt in the Sudan
1902	J. A. Hobson, published non-Marxist critique of imperialism
1904	France and Britain sign the Anglo-French Entente